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''Bored of the Rings'' (BOTR) is a short Satirical Novel by Henry N. Beard and Douglas C. Kenney parodying '' The Lord Of The Rings '' (LOTR), a novel by J. R. R. Tolkien . It was first published in 1969 by Signet for the Harvard Lampoon . This Parody follows the general plot of ''The Lord of the Rings'', including the Preface, Prologue, poetry, and songs, while making light of all that Tolkien made very serious (e.g. "He would have finished him off then and there, but pity stayed his hand. ''It's a pity I've run out of bullets,'' he thought, as he went back up the tunnel..."). Names and the various languages are parodied by using brand names of products which mimic their sounds. There are many topical references which, like the brand names, are now dated. The Signet first edition cover, which parodies the (1965) LOTR paperback cover by artist Barbara Remington was drawn by Michael K. Frith. William S. Donnell's [http://www.amethyst-angel.com/boredmap.jpg parody map of Lower Middle Earth substitutes Tüdør for Gondor and Fördør for Mordor . CHARACTERS VIDEO GAME ''Bored of the Rings'' is also the title of a Video Game , an Adventure Game , written by Fergus McNeill and first released by Delta 4 Software in 1985 and then later re-released by Silversoft . The game is a parody, but isn't based on the book with the same title. The game is in three parts and was written using '' The Quill '' and ''The Illustrator''. It was later followed up with the prequel The Boggit . In these games, Frodo and Bilbo Baggins were renamed Fordo and Bimbo Faggins. PARODY ''Bored of the Rings'' is also the running title of and written by Desmond Devlin . While a few of the characters have the same parodied names as listed above (notably Legolamb, Sorehead, and Spam Gangrene), the rest have different names. Other characters in these parodies include: Dodo Gaggings, Billboard Gaggings, Gandoof the Gray (or Gandoof the White), Argon, Gimmicki, Golfclub (aka Cheeseball or Jar-Jar Jr.), Baggybuns, Pimple, Peppercorn, Aspercreme, and the Slobbits The parodies emphasize the films' tortured or illogical plot points and sometimes glacial pacing: Billboard Gaggings: "Dodo, I want you to have this. It's magic Slobbit chain mail that will protect you from harm!" Dodo Gaggings: "Nice timing! The only way this gift could matter more to me is if I'd gotten it back in the Shire! You know, like ''before'' I got stabbed?" ANOTHER PARODY ''Bored of the Rings'' is also the title of a Movie parody written in 2005 by Glenn Millar. Although inspired by the Harvard Lampoon book, the movie has updated the language and includes numerous references to drugs and homosexuality, for example Gandalf becomes "Ganj-alf the Green". SEE ALSO
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